Summer has come to Tokyo, the rainy season is ending and long weekends are coming up. Time to start planning trips. How about cycling on the largest of Tokyo Eleven Islands? Izu Oshima (伊豆大島) is the largest among the Izu Islands and belongs to the administrative region of Tokyo. Because of this the streets are properly maintained and the abandonment and desolation that plagues so much of Japan’s picturesque countryside is kept to a minimum. At the same time it is far away enough from the over urbanized Tokyo to have spacious roads and pavements, beautiful landscapes and unobstructed view (including the stars!) Izu  Oshima can be reached by Ferry or Air. A daily slow Ferry is operated from Tokyo’s Takeshiba pier as well as a jetfoil ferry. The first…